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A rather racy duck pic and poem to follow!

Haiku 23
April 23, 2025

Spring blushes deep pink
Even the ducks are spellbound
and oblivious

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This morning I encountered a rather magnificent turtle with a wee plant growing on its back! Alas, it was crossing a busy trail and headed away from where it belonged so I lifted it up gently, turned it back around, and hoped for the best.

Haiku 22
April 22, 2025

World-bearing turtle
Let me point you toward water
where you’ll make a splash

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While I was in Wisconsin this weekend, things were inching ever closer toward some semblance of spring. It was still grey, and damp, and chilly. The trees were still bare.

But the cord of wood outside my parents house had dwindled to nearly nothing, so in a spontaneous ritual that felt both grand and ancient, my dad decided to burn what was left — all in one fell swoop — putting an end to winter.

The fire blazed for awhile, and the house got so hot we had to open the doors. But the wood is gone, the tarp is put away, the buds are pushing up through the warming soil. Spring always, eventually, arrives.

Haiku 21
April 21, 2025

And it’s nearly May –
All winter’s wood burned to ash
Daffodils burn bright

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It is spring, and all the frogs and fruit trees and feathered friends are fertile. And they are noisy about it, honestly. Proud almost. Singing. Strutting. Making their lush, ready presence known.

At my parents’ house, in the country, it is truly an all creatures great and small situation. Just today, I’ve seen an osprey, a bald eagle, muskrats, wood ducks and a dozen squirrels who are the size of small bears, thanks to my dad’s bird seed.

Meanwhile, there is a very insistent robin who is looking for a place to nest. And she has decided that maybe it should be … well … inside. She comes to the window each morning by about 5:45 and knocks, flaps her wings, kicks up a fuss. I mean, who can blame her? But she’s a bird, so we call out gently, There’s a tree! There’s a protected terra cotta pot! How about there??

What if we just opened the doors and windows instead? What if we let her in? What if we let them all in?

Haiku 20
April 20

Tapping on the pane –
am I welcome? Is there room?
The robin wants in

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I came up to Wisconsin for a few days and this is what was waiting for me. The piers aren’t in yet for summer. No motors, no kayaks, no echoed shouts. Just this. And a loon. And a little rain. The quiet.

Haiku 18
April 18, 2025

Sometimes I listen
to the sky talking out loud
The lake answers back

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In case we needed a nudge, today is National Haiku Poetry Day! Maybe give one a go. Don’t worry about getting it just right. Think of it as play…

Haiku 17
April 17, 2025

Slow down! Kids Playing
The rules of the race are wrong
If we’re left behind

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Haiku 16
April 16, 2025

I’ve lost track of time
The moon’s gold watch reminds me
Today has gone by

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Haiku 15
April 15, 2025

Heavy with hurry
Rush hour on the river
Rowers catch and stroke

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The news is overwhelming today. It is so hard to believe that so many people — so many people with power and privilege — are unwilling to speak up for what’s right.

Haiku 14
April 14

Shadows build a fence,
revealing what’s in the way —
An absence of light

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